It may be colder outside, but your compost needs to stay warm to be ready for 2026. Here's a few ways to help it do so.

Brown compost materials are the carbon-rich backbone that lets your pile heat up, break down efficiently, and ultimately ...

Composting is beneficial to gardeners and the environment, but to make the most of it, you need to discover which method best ...

Across rural India, cow dung has always been a quiet hero — a humble, everyday material transformed into fuel, fertiliser, building aid, and even a natural disinfectant. While most urban gardeners ...

You remember that electric little thrill you get when you stumble onto a gardening secret so simple, so clever, so ridiculously effective that you wonder why it isn’t printed on seed packets in bold ...

Although the practice is permitted in many other states, since 2003 California has remained unique in explicitly banning the composting of mammalian tissue. That changed on October 11, when Governor ...

I got into the science and business of composting in 2008 after I discovered an old documentary film about a French farmer named Jean Pain, who had invented a way to capture heat from large piles of ...

The University of San Diego has turned a food waste problem into a powerful teaching tool and a win for its community, setting the standard for campuses around the country, according to ABC 10. For 14 ...

Composting requires the right balance of new materials, water and heat to keep the microorganisms in your pile healthy and happy. Adobe Stock Image When gardeners ...

States across the central and eastern U.S. are under extreme heat watches and warnings as the areas face a dangerous heat wave throughout the first half of the week, according to the National Weather ...